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Re:Remind HN: Vote by Semiapies on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @03:41PM (#1861978)
"You can even make a show of doing it"

Why should I be forced to show up for your voting-day entertainment?

Re:Remind HN: Vote by MikeCapone on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @04:04PM (#1862086)
Good point, but of ALL the things we are forced to do in Western societies, compulsory voting would probably be pretty low on the list of things I'd want to see go away.
Re:Remind HN: Vote by Semiapies on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @04:08PM (#1862111)
Thank you, but you respond with no point. You're saying that I should be forced to do something, or else fined or possibly even put in jail for not doing so...but you don't even justify why you're willing to do that to me.

If you support my right to write-in Mickey Mouse or select "None of the Above" or void my vote, then you're saying nothing more than that you like people being punished for not filling out what you acknowledge to be meaningless paperwork.

(Also, last I checked, there's more than one "Western society" that doesn't have compulsory voting.)